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EPA's Exposure Research Program
Research and development, such as the DEARS project, that
leads to improved methods, measurements and models to assess and predict
exposures of humans and ecosystems to harmful pollutants and other conditions
in air, water, soil, and food.

EPA's Transportation and Air Quality Program
Protecting public health and the environment by controlling air pollution
from motor vehicles, engines, and the fuels used to operate them, and
by encouraging travel choices that minimize emissions.

Community
Action Against Asthma (CAAA)
A community-based participatory research program which combines an investigation
of environmental triggers of asthma with an intervention designed to reduce
exposure to these triggers and improve the health status of children with
asthma.

ACCESS
The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) is a human services organization committed to the development of the Arab American community in all aspects of its economic and cultural life. Advocacy has been a tent for Access's mission throughout all its 34 years and joins with all others in this country.

One of the important departments in ACCESS is the environmental program and one of its most important projects is the Arab American Environmental Health project, which is a partnership with University of Michigan School of public Health, which is a community-based participatory research project aimed at increasing environmental health awareness, and reducing adverse health effects of disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards on Arab Americans in Metropolitan Detroit.

This site contains information about ACCESS departments, activities and services

Air Quality Information

Taking Toxics Out
of the Air
Air toxics are those air pollutants that are known or suspected to cause
cancer or other serious health problems.

Particulate Matter Research
Particulate matter is composed of small solid and liquid particles suspended in the ambient air, and research studies have associated exposure to elevated levels of these particles in the air with damaging health effects.